Arthritis Meaning
/ɑːˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounInflammation of a joint or joints causing pain and/or disability, swelling and stiffness, and due to various causes such as infection, trauma, degenerative changes or metabolic disorders: any of several disease entities.
Sentence Examples
Arthritis is a painful condition that affects the joints.
People with rheumatoid arthritis symptoms should be careful about what they eat.
CEFR Practice Quiz
My grandfather's knee pain was diagnosed as severe ____ last winter.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
My grandfather suffers from ____, which makes his joints feel sore.
Word Origin & History
From Latin arthrītis, from Ancient Greek ἀρθρῖτις (arthrîtis, “joint-disease, gout”), from ἄρθρον (árthron, “a joint”). By surface analysis, arthr- + -itis.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The suppurating osteo-myelitis and arthritis did not assume a form sufficiently putrid to cause purulent infection; the patient also escaped hecticity;"
— 1878, L[éon Athanese] Gosselin, “I. Hyperostosis of Right Femur. II. Necrosis of Left Tibia.”, in Lewis A. Stimson, transl., Clinical Lectures on Surgery, Delivered at the Hospital of La Charité, Philadelphia, Pa.: Henry C. Lea, part I (Surgical Diseases of Youth), page 42:
"She identified the dry grasp and the finger joints (both the Simpsons were dry-handed, and in the early stages of arthritis, so Dr Simpson had diagnosed)."
— 2012, Patrick White, The Cockatoos: Shorter Novels and Stories, →ISBN:
"Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), often referred to by doctors today as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is a type of arthritis that causes joint inflammation and stiffness for more than six weeks in a child aged 16 or younger. It affects approximately 50,000 children in the United States. Inflammation causes redness, swelling, warmth, and soreness in the joints, although many children with JRA do not complain of joint pain."
— 2024 September 6, David Zelman, “Understanding Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis -- the Basics”, in WebMD:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
My grandfather's knee pain was diagnosed as severe ____ last winter.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
My grandfather suffers from ____, which makes his joints feel sore.